Ought to all Okay-Pop idols want followers “Merry Christmas” on Christmas Day by way of their respective personal messaging platforms?
Debates over the problem of Okay-Pop idols “doing their jobs” have develop into heated once more, with holidays like Christmas and New Yr’s Day falling again to again.
Not too long ago, a number of Okay-Pop idols have develop into targets of criticism for his or her alleged “inactivity” on their personal messaging platforms.
Final week, some followers accused The Boyz’s Hyunjae of “courting” primarily based on the truth that the idol was noticed along with his cellphone in hand “on a regular basis”, throughout live performance rehearsals, throughout some precise live performance levels, and so on. The criticism was adopted by the remark, “He is that hooked on his cellphone and but he hasn’t despatched one personal message.”
On the identical on-line neighborhood, a heated debate ensued over the truth that (G)I-DLE member Minnie has “failed” to despatched followers a single personal message for over 3 months.
Whereas some followers argued that Minnie has shared constant updates that are extra accessible to all followers, together with those that will not be subscribed to her personal messages, others argued that Minnie was actually, “failing to do her job as an idol”.
Most just lately, followers on the web neighborhood raised debates over BTS member Jungkook allegedly not wishing followers “Merry Christmas” on Weverse on the vacation.
Within the case of IVE’s Yujin, the idol confronted criticism for not sending a “Merry Christmas” message by way of her group’s personal messaging platform, in addition to for “failing” to replace followers on the platform for over 3 days.
So what are netizens saying in regards to the ongoing debate?
Some mentioned,
“Since it is a paid subscription service, it needs to be thought-about [the idols’] obligation.”
“If there are individuals paying for the service, then it is their job to ship updates. Some idols on Bubble select to shut their service as a result of they do not use it typically, so if idols do not feel like they will do their job then they should shut their service and cease benefiting with out doing any work.”
“You are speculated to obtain a refund if they do not ship any updates for a month, however proper earlier than it reaches one month some idols simply ship one little message kekekekeke.”
“It is a paid subscription. Even when they’re busy, they need to at the very least ship some type of replace as soon as each 2 weeks.”
“They’re being profitable from the personal messaging providers so they should fulfill their finish of the discount.”
“After we did not have Bubble or Universe, it was somewhat a lot to accuse idols of not speaking with the followers, however now there are individuals paying for the service so…”
“If you happen to’re getting paid, then you should do the job that is required.”
“Today, idols get filmed each second of the day, so followers can see clear as day that they are all on their telephones within the ready rooms. In the event that they’re on their telephones that a lot, it may possibly’t be that tough to ship followers at the very least one message.”
Whereas others mentioned,
“It depends upon the idol. Some followers are superb with not getting as many messages.”
“If it is Christmas, cannot idols spend it quietly with their members of the family? Have they got to say ‘Merry Christmas’ to followers??”
“For Yujin, it is solely been 3 days… there are such a lot of idols who do not come for weeks and even months…”
“If you happen to’re not glad, simply unsubscribe!”
“Do you individuals contact your entire associates at the very least as soon as each three days…”
“Simply because they are not sending followers personal messages, that does not meant they’re courting. Like, cease leaping to pointless conclusions.”
“Possibly you guys ought to cease obsessing over your idols’ personal messages and dwell your personal lives.”
“We all know how busy our idols are throughout this time of the 12 months. If you happen to do not perceive, you then’re probably not a fan.”
“Possibly they simply do not have something to speak about…”